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Writer's pictureAjalon J. Stapley

Family First Fact #3

Updated: Apr 18, 2023


Fact: Children are healthier and more successful when they spend adequate time playing outside.

· They get exercise

· Build social skills and cognitive functioning

· Provides a place for risk taking and problem solving

· The vitamin D boosts immune systems and helps prevent bone problems, diabetes and heart disease

· Contributes to healthy brain and emotional development


Why it matters: Kids today spend 5 ½ hours a week outside, less than half of what their parents spent. They also spend an average of six and a half hours a day in front of a screen, more than double kids in 1995.

What you can do:

· Outside time doesn’t have to be pintrestable or planned; the yard, park, woods, cul-de-sac, porch, just get them out!

· Once they are outside, you don’t need to entertain them. Let them be bored and figure out ways to entertain themselves - less work for you.

· Eat snacks and meals on the lawn.

· Anything you do in the house, you can do outside; read, color, board games, dance…

· Put the screens away - not down - away. They will learn more valuable skills from Mother Nature than they will ever learn from a screen.

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I'm Ajalon; mother of three, army wife, avid traveler and horrible crafter who is tired of all the negativity! So I write about politics, culture, faith and family in a way that leaves you edified, educated and empowered. (Yes...even about politics.)

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